diff --git a/modules/nixos/server/kubevirt-hardware-configuration.nix b/modules/nixos/server/kubevirt-hardware-configuration.nix
index e52f46e3..84d4832f 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/server/kubevirt-hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/server/kubevirt-hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{modulesPath, ...}:
+{
+  modulesPath,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
 ##############################################################################
 #
 #  Template for KubeVirt's VM, mainly based on:
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@
     services.qemuGuest.enable = true;
     services.openssh.enable = true;
     # we configure the host via nixos itself, so we don't need the cloud-init
-    services.cloud-init.enable = false;
+    services.cloud-init.enable = lib.mkForce false;
     systemd.services."serial-getty@ttyS0".enable = true;
   };
 }